"Trying to Find Atlantis" is a song recorded by Australian

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artist

Jamie O'Neal Jamie O'Neal (born 3 June 1968) is an Australian-American country music singer and songwriter. In 2000, O'Neal released her first studio album, '' Shiver''. The album included the back-to-back number one singles " There Is No Arizona" and " Wh ...

for her second studio album ''Brave'' (2005). It was written by

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and Zack Turner, and produced by

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, who had also produced her first album ''Shiver'' (2000). The song was released on September 27, 2004, as the lead single from ''Brave''; it was her first single through

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. The single peaked at number 18 on the US

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chart.

Background

"Trying to Find Atlantis" is an up-tempo country song. The song was one of two songs on her second album that were not written or co-written by O'Neal herself. The song was the first single release for O'Neal on

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after leaving

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in late 2003. Singers

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and

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joined O'Neal on backing vocals.

Music video

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for "Trying to Find Atlantis" was filmed after its release. The video shows O'Neal coming out of the beach, wearing a gold-colored wedding dress. She searches around the area looking for the perfect man for her, but is initially unsuccessful. At the end of the video, she is seen back at the beach and finds a man on a surfboard, realizing he is the perfect man for her. The video debuted to both CMT and

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for the week of November 7, 2004.

Chart performance

"Trying to Find Atlantis" debuted at number 60 on the US ''Billboard''

the week of October 9, 2004. The song peaked at number 18 on the chart during the week of March 19, 2005.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year end charts

Release history

References

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